Urgent: Western COMP vs Midwestern CCOM

[EveningChocolate28]

A bit about me
Lived in California my whole life. I was a bit sad about moving to Chicago but my brother lives there, and then I was set on going to CCOM until I got off the waitlist at Western COMP. I think I like CCOM as a school more, but I don't know if i want to make the move or not.

CCOM
Pros:

• Great rotations
• most i will drive would be an hour away for rotations
• good match list
• i can live with my brother and commute
• more research opportunities on campus and at nearby hospitals
• in a really nice community and pretty suburb area

Cons:

• $$$$ (83k in tuition alone), with COA it is estimated to be ~123,000?
• Traditional letter grading system / GPA
• frequent exams
• traditional curriculum and only one month for dedicated
• schedule away rotations in California for chances at the residency, but I think i am okay with matching in Illinois and just seeing where life takes me

Western COMP
Pros:

• Honors/High pass/P/F system (technically still grading)
• 8 weeks of dedicated
• during the interview, the faculty gave a walkthrough of the curriculum, which was nice (whereas at CCOM, the faculty did not have PowerPoint and pulled out info from her head, and I felt like this gave somewhat of a bad vibe?)
• systems based curriculum
• somewhat cheaper, after estimated COA
• geet to stay in California, and match most likely in California

Cons:

• in a stechky area, feel like i won't be safe in areas of Pomona
• have to live in an apartment as the commute is pretty far away from my parent's house with traffic
• rotations seems to be spread further out. they try to keep students in one hospital system/area (Bakersfield, Ventura, ). not really a fan of those areas
• have to schedule most of my own rotations for the fourth year
• i think less research opportunities

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[SOtheProdigy]

You seem to be more happy staying in California! Plus, it’s a cheaper CoA for you! IMO, I would go with Western U!!

 

[m1redsox]

Money and family? Best of both worlds. Western all the way.

 

[Lakers2395]

I’m in the same exact boat as you as I was planning for CCOM but just got accepted off the waitlist for western today 🤦‍♂️

 

[EveningChocolate28]

I’m in the same exact boat as you as I was planning for CCOM but just got accepted off the waitlist for western today 🤦‍♂️

Congrats!! Good luck, either decision is great! I ended up choosing western because I wanted to have support system nearby and I would be saving around 88k-110k total. Also I like the way the curriculum is for Western (system based).
I started really liking CCOM, but realistically Western is for me.